Box 6
Contains 25 Results:
Correspondence, 1958-01-03 - 1958-12-28
Letters from Welch to his parents and Sister Christina while at the Ateneo de Davao. Also letters from Sister Christina (March) and Fr. Frederic J. Kelly (July 8).
Correspondence, 1959-01-04 - 1959-12-16
Letters from Welch to his parents while at the Ateneo de Davao.
Correspondence, 1960-01-06 - 1960-12-27
Letters from Welch to his parents and sister Concilia ("Connie") while at the Ateneo de Davao and, beginning April 12, Xavier University (also called the Ateneo de Cagayan), Cagayan de Oro City, where he had started teaching physics. Also two letters for his mother from the Ebo family in Davao City (December 25 and 27).
Correspondence, 1961-01-05 - 1961-12-28
Letters from Welch to his mother while at Xavier University, including discussion of his father's illness and subsequent death on August 7.
Correspondence, 1962-01-08 - 1962-10-03
Letters from Welch to his mother and Sister Christina while at Xavier University with correspondence to Sister Christina dealing predominantly with their mother's death on September 14. Also includes several letters from their mother to Sister Christina and a photograph of Leo and fellow Jesuits enclosed in a letter of April 4.
Correspondence, 1964-05-02 - 1964-06-19
Two penpal letters from Vivian Ebo, Davao City, to Leo's great niece Eileen Doyle (b. 1953).
Correspondence, 1967-03-31 - 1967-09-02
Three letters from Welch to Sister Christina while at Xavier University, in part describing his trip back to the US that summer (his first visit in 21 years). Also a letter from Fr. Neil J. Quirke of Xavier University to Sister Christina telling her that they will hold a package for Leo back in the Philippines.
Correspondence, 1968-03-27 - 1968-12-28
Four letters from Welch to Sister Christina while at Xavier University and Santo Niño Parish, Dangcagan, Bukidnon, where he had been assigned as assistant pastor. He discusses how he will soon be going Davao City to study Cebuano Language and Filipino Culture at the Maryknoll Fathers Institute of Language and Cultural Research (June 3 and September 3) and, after several months learning there, how he will be staying until Easter to complete his course (December 2).
Correspondence, 1969-02-22 - 1969-04-23
Two letters from Welch to Sister Christina while at the Maryknoll Fathers school in Davao City. One letter discusses how his next assignment will be back in Santo Niño Parish, Dangcagan, Bukidnon (April 23).
Correspondence, 1970-07-20 - 1970-12-12
Three letters from Welch to Sister Christina: one from Xavier University, where he was making his annual retreat; one from Santo Niño Parish, Dangcagan, Bukidnon; and one from Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. He had been assigned to Dangcagan after leaving the Maryknoll Fathers school and was later transferred to Manolo Fortich, from which he also served Malitbog. In his letter of December 12, Welch discusses the state of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Manolo Fortich.
Correspondence, 1971-01-19 - 1971-11-17
Five letters from Welch to Sister Christina from Manolo Fortich in which he describes his efforts to hire and retain catechism teachers in the public schools of his two parishes.
Correspondence, 1972-02-06 - 1972-11-09
Eight letters from Welch to Sister Christina from Manolo Fortich in which he describes his struggle to pay catechism teachers as well as the imposition of martial law on the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos. Further includes a circular to friends in the US asking for contributions for a new Honda motorbike to travel between missions.
Correspondence, 1973-02-19 - 1973-09-17
Two letters from Welch to Sister Christina from Manolo Fortich, including discussion of martial law and "the curtailing of essential freedoms" (February 19). Also includes a photocopy of a letter to Sister Marion Patricia thanking her for a donation (September 17).
Correspondence, 1974-01-08 - 1974-11-25
Correspondence, 1975-06-25 - 1975-11-15
Letters from Welch to Sister Christina (June 25), his brother George (September 9), and his sister Margaret (November 15) from Malitbog, in part discussing his pastoral work and construction on the new San Pablo Apostol Church.
Correspondence, 1976-01-02 - 1976-12-10
Letters from Welch to Sister Christina; his niece Mary Doyle and great-niece Beth Doyle (b. 1964); his sister Margaret; and his brother George from Malitbog, in part discussing his pastoral work and construction on the new San Pablo Apostol Church as well as his brother-in-law Harold's health.
Correspondence, 1978-04-22 - 1978-11-23
Four letters from Welch to Sister Christina from Malitbog.
Correspondence, 1979-02-19 - 1979-12-25
Letters from Welch to Sister Christina from Malitbog as well as a Christmas circular to friends and supporters in the US with updates on the parish.
Correspondence, 1977-02-14 - 1977-06-29
Three letters from Welch to Sister Christina from Malitbog.
Correspondence, 1980-01-08 - 1980-11-12
Letters from Welch to Sister Christina; his niece Mary Doyle; and his great-niece Eileen Doyle from Malitbog.